Thursday, September 3, 2015

Ovarian Cancer - By The Numbers


-->As disturbing as the statistics related to ovarian cancer are I share them here today because it is these numbers that drive my advocacy to raise awareness,  funds for research and support other women with the disease.

Ovarian cancer will be diagnosed in an estimated
21,290
women in 2015 in the US


Between 2008 and 20012
2,960 
women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in NJ.

Ovarian cancer is
1.3 %
of all cancer diagnosis in 2015 in the US 


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In the past 10 years the number of new cases
of ovarian cancer in the US has dropped by
1.1% each year.


In 2012 there were
192,446 
women living with ovarian cancer in the US.


Ovarian cancer will cause the deaths of an estimated
14,180
women in 2015


There has been
0
significant change in ovarian cancer death rates in the past 10 years.


Between 2008 and 2012  ovarian cancer caused the deaths of
2338 
women in NJ. 

The relative 5 year survival rate
for all women with diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the US is  
45.6 %.

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At the time of diagnosis:
15 % of all cases have disease confined to the ovary ( localized) .
19 % of all cases have disease which has spread to the Lymph nodes ( regional)
60 % of all cases have disease which has metastasized. (Distant)
6% if all cases have unstaged disease.


The five-year relative survival rate for women 
with localized disease at diagnosis is 
92.1%


The five-year relative survival rate for women 
with metastasized disease at diagnosis is 
28.3 %.


My Story: When I first heard these statistics I was scared. My gynecologic oncologist told me that statistics are numbers not women. I wanted to be in the part of the number that made it 5 years.  Here I am 10 years later.

I use these stats to make people aware that we need to increase early diagnosis of ovarian cancer and to develop treatments that will provide more late stage women with longer survival


--> http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/ovary.html  

Dee
Every Day is a Blessing!


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